I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
Interesting. Can you tell me how much baking soda per pound of fondant? (Or whatever ratio you use -- I can do the math.) 
What shade are you trying to achieve and what coloring are using? I've never done a dark purple, but I have done lighter purple (pastel) many times and never has it turned blue on me. I just use regular old wilton gel food coloring to color my fondant. Let us know what type of fondant, gum paste and food coloring you're using...
I had the same problem a while back and posted the question. Read the thread... it appears it's a common problem. And with pinks and reds also. The baking soda/fondant proportions are in here, too.
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-689578-.html
I had to make purple roses for a wedding cake and the ones I made with gum paste turned blue too! So then I tried them with just fondant and they stayed purple no problem. I used Americolor gel a combination of regal purple and electric purple for the color. It does take a lot and made the fondant soft so I just let it sit out for a short time while I was making the roses and that worked great!
I had the same problem with my gumpaste and it turned blue . The mmf stayed purple . I ask about it here ...and, answers were the sun fades purple gumpaste and another answer was to use americolor NO FADE PURPLE I tried it and it worked .
I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
How much baking soda would you add? Do you just need it through dry?
I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
How much baking soda would you add? Do you just need it through dry?
I added 1 tsp to the melted marshmallows (16oz bag of marshmallows) before I added the powdered sugar. I made a purple "40" out of gumpaste and kneaded it into the gumpaste and my purple didn't fade but then it wasn't exposed to light for very long so I'm not sure if worked or not with that??
I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
How much baking soda would you add? Do you just need it through dry?
I added 1 tsp to the melted marshmallows (16oz bag of marshmallows) before I added the powdered sugar. I made a purple "40" out of gumpaste and kneaded it into the gumpaste and my purple didn't fade but then it wasn't exposed to light for very long so I'm not sure if worked or not with that??
I'm wondering how long I've got until it actually fades?
I need to colour fondant for a wedding cake so I guess a cake that important I won't be able to gamble with!
I read on here a while back to put baking soda in your fondant as your making it (I use MMF) to prevent the purple turning blue and I tried it a few months ago and it worked! I actually still have a small piece left over and it's still purple. It actually got a little darker over time but I'll take that over turning blue!
How much baking soda would you add? Do you just need it through dry?
I added 1 tsp to the melted marshmallows (16oz bag of marshmallows) before I added the powdered sugar. I made a purple "40" out of gumpaste and kneaded it into the gumpaste and my purple didn't fade but then it wasn't exposed to light for very long so I'm not sure if worked or not with that??
I'm wondering how long I've got until it actually fades?
I need to colour fondant for a wedding cake so I guess a cake that important I won't be able to gamble with!
Before I knew about the whole fading deal, I had left purple fondant roses on a tray sitting in front of my kitchen window. It's pretty bright there and the fading took place over the course of a 2-3 hour time frame.
I've never tried these myself, but this problem pops up all the time in here. I have seen people advise to use milk instead of water, to add some pink as it's the red that fades, so when it fades the pink is meant to allow for that. Keep it out of sunlight, or any bright light. And someone else suggested that you can try Crystal Colors, which are powdered food dusts/food coloring. Apparently the colors are really good and they don't fade.
Sunlight and florescent lights will fade fast.
Crystal Colors powder colors can be mixed into fondant, gumpaste, buttercream... and their purple doesn;t fade. I experimented with it this summer.
Did you mix to a paste a bit first?
Sunlight and florescent lights will fade fast.
Crystal Colors powder colors can be mixed into fondant, gumpaste, buttercream... and their purple doesn;t fade. I experimented with it this summer.
I didn't. I just mixed the powder in with the fondant.
Crystal Colors powder colors can be mixed into fondant, gumpaste, buttercream... and their purple doesn;t fade. I experimented with it this summer.
I'm going to try this. I need it for colouring fondant, so it sounds like ChefMaster is liquid (Am I correct?) And that Crystal Colours would be better to work with.. wish me luck! (And correct me if I'm wrong about Chefmaster!)
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